Countywide Emergency Alerting and Community Mass Notification System

Vendors to provide, implement, host, maintain, and support a secure, reliable, and scalable countywide emergency alerting and community mass notification system. The system shall support Salt Lake County and participating municipalities, public safety agencies, special service districts, and other eligible public entities that elect to participate under the resulting contract.
- The Offeror shall provide a countywide emergency alerting and community mass notification system. The will:
• Provide a dependable, easy-to-use public alerting platform for authorized County and participating-jurisdiction users.
• Support IPAWS alert origination and testing in accordance with FEMA requirements, applicable authorization, and the alerting authority’s approved procedures.
• Enable jurisdictions to maintain local operational control and data separation while participating in a coordinated countywide system.
• Improve reach through multiple delivery channels, resident self-registration, opt-in subscriptions, geospatial targeting, and accessible multilingual communications.
• Provide measurable delivery, response, and audit records to support incident documentation, after-action review, and continuous improvement.
• Use a transparent fiscal model with clear line-item pricing, predictable recurring costs, and an equitable method for allocating shared costs among participating entities.
• Allow staggered jurisdiction onboarding to avoid premature termination of existing systems, duplicate payments, or gaps in public alerting coverage.